---
type: "Bill"
title: "prohibiting state and county owned lands from participating in timber carbon sequestration projects."
description: "prohibiting state and county owned lands from participating in timber carbon sequestration projects."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1205"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1205 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arnold G Davis"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-12-01"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89cc2e2c-4d23-4b8f-b72e-891bd44f693d"
source_url: "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/billinfo.aspx?id=1797&inflect=2"
source_hash: "b85059f981de8b79e7020cc4d37255a2d575f857f2c117b9ff64bd786797cf99"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nh"]
---

# New Hampshire HB 1205 (2026) — prohibiting state and county owned lands from participating in timber carbon sequestration projects.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=22856&q=billVersion)
2. **As Amended by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=30127&q=billVersion)
3. **CHAPTERED FINAL VERSION** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=32467&q=billVersion)
4. **Version adopted by both bodies** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=30662&q=billVersion)

## Sponsors

- Arnold G Davis — primary (person)
- Brian D Cole — cosponsor (person)
- James W Tierney — cosponsor (person)
- Sean C Durkin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-12-01** Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Municipal and County Government HJ 1 P. 10 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-08** Public Hearing: 01/13/2026 11:45 am GP 154
- **2026-01-16** Executive Session: 01/13/2026 11:45 am GP 154
- **2026-01-27** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 01/13/2026 (Vote 13-1; CC) HC 5 P. 10 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-05** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/05/2026 HJ 3 P. 14 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-02-09** Introduced 02/05/2026 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** Hearing: 03/10/2026, Room 103, SH, 09:30 am; SC 9
- **2026-03-18** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-1132s, 03/26/2026; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-23** Committee Amendment # 2026-1132s, AA, VV; 03/26/2026; SJ 7
- **2026-03-23** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2026-1132s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/26/2026; SJ 7 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-04-09** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2026-1132s (Rep. Pauer): MA VV 04/09/2026 HJ 10 P. 8
- **2026-04-28** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 04/23/2026); SJ 11 `enrolled`
- **2026-05-12** Signed by Governor Ayotte 05/08/2026; Chapter 51; eff. 07/07/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/89cc2e2c-4d23-4b8f-b72e-891bd44f693d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).